From Publishers Weekly Murderous passions simmer under the deceptively calm surface of an English town in this fine mystery debut. Freelance writer Julia Henderson is found battered to death soon after attending a local wedding. Solitary and beautiful, Julia had been ostracized by local women who feared for their marriages, save for Susan Barfoot, the vicar's neurotic wife. A fair number of suspects surface, most of them guests at the wedding. They include neighbor Gerry Clayton, forced to resign from a teaching job because of an affair with a pupil; the bridegroom's father, Graham Sutcliffe, who had apparently shared the murdered woman's favors with his son; and her former husband, a professor who was still in love with her. The case strikes close to home for chief detective inspector Ian Roper of the Rickenham CID when his alienated young son Mark, who met the victim through the vicar's son, becomes a vital witness. As Roper and his staff carefully sift through clues, initial suspects are cleared, finally leaving the shocking truth. Bolitho has crafted a taut, psychologically compelling mystery. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Kirkus Reviews Everyone loved the late Julia Henderson, and that's what makes everyone's wives in Rickenham Green such good suspects. Laura Sutcliffe didn't invite her to her son Johnny's wedding, but Johnny and his father Graham both sent her invitations anyway; Gerry Clayton, who'd resigned from his teaching job over a sex scandal with a student, can't explain how his fingerprints got into her house; her ex-husband, Bart Henderson, evidently hadn't given up hope of winning her back; even Michael Barfoot, the local vicar, was inspired to fantasies he'd rather have repressed. It's up to Chief Inspector Ian Roper to figure out which of the many heads Julia turned was responsible for her bludgeoning death. British writer Bolitho's generous way with clues--plus her low- key, dispassionate view of her hotblooded characters--makes this a promising debut in the manner of Peter Robinson's ice-cold studies of passion. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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这部作品的结构设计堪称巧妙,它采用了多视角的叙事手法,但并非简单地切换视角,而是让每个角色的叙述片段像拼图一样,看似独立,实则紧密相连,并且带有明显的个人偏见和信息缺失。随着故事的推进,读者会逐渐意识到,自己所接受的信息是多么地碎片化和不可靠。每一个“真相”的浮现,都伴随着前一个“真相”的崩塌,这种不断的推翻和重构,极大地提升了阅读的智力参与度。我特别喜欢书中对细节的执着,比如某个特定物件的反复出现,或者某个手势的重复,这些看似不经意的重复,在故事的某个节点会突然爆发意义,像一个精密的钟表机制,每一个齿轮的转动都是为了最终的鸣响。总的来说,这是一部在文学性和情节性上都达到了极高水准的力作,非常值得细细品味。
评分我发现这本书最引人入胜之处,在于它对“灰色地带”的毫不避讳的探讨。它没有给我们一个非黑即白的道德标尺,而是将我们置于一个充满模糊不清的伦理困境之中。我常常在阅读时停下来,努力去揣摩主角的选择,到底是出于自保,还是被环境所迫,又或者,仅仅是人性中某种阴暗面的释放?这种对复杂性的尊重,让这部作品远超一般的娱乐小说范畴。它的语言风格是那种冷静、近乎冷酷的写实主义,没有任何多余的华丽辞藻来粉饰太平,直面人性中最不堪的那一部分。书中对社会阶层差异带来的心理压力描绘得尤为深刻,那些微妙的眼神、不经意的疏离感,都在无形中构筑了一堵墙,将不同境遇的人隔离开来。我必须承认,读到后半段时,我的心跳频率明显加快,那种紧张感不是来自于爆炸或追逐,而是源于对“真相”即将揭晓的恐惧,害怕看到的那个真相会彻底颠覆我之前建立的所有认知。
评分说实话,我一开始是冲着某个知名书评人的推荐才拿起的,原本以为会是那种节奏缓慢、注重哲思的文学作品,但它带来的冲击力却是迅猛而直接的。作者的叙事功力简直是教科书级别的,她懂得如何用环境来烘托情绪。比如,书中对天气和光线的描写,总是恰到好处地暗示着即将发生的事件或人物此刻的心境,下雨天往往是摊牌的时刻,而刺眼的阳光则总是在揭示谎言之后出现。我特别喜欢那些充满潜台词的对话,角色们表面上在谈论天气或家常,但字里行间却充满了试探与交锋,读者需要集中十二分的注意力才能捕捉到那些隐藏的暗箭。这种阅读体验非常“主动”,要求读者全程参与到“解谜”的过程中来。相比于很多情节驱动的小说,这部作品更像是一场精妙的心理博弈,输赢的关键在于谁能更早地看穿对方的底牌。
评分这本书给我带来了一种强烈的“共情疲劳”。不是说它写得不好,恰恰相反,正是因为它将角色的痛苦和挣扎描绘得太过真实,导致我不得不时常放下书本,深呼吸片刻,才能继续往下读。主角们所经历的,是那种渗透到骨髓里的无力感,那种无论如何努力都无法打破既定命运的宿命感。作者似乎对“无辜”这个概念抱持着一种怀疑的态度,她不断地在拷问:在一个充满腐蚀性的环境中,真的存在完全的纯洁吗?书中对权力结构,特别是隐形权力如何运作的描写,让我感到不寒而栗,那些掌握话语权的人,总能轻易地将事实扭曲成对自己有利的版本。我欣赏这种毫不留情的批判性视角,它迫使我们去质疑那些我们习以为常的社会规范和道德定义。这是一部需要“消化”的作品,绝非一目十行可以草草读完的。
评分这本小说简直是一场心灵的过山车,叙事节奏把握得极其精准,让你从第一个章节开始就深陷其中,无法自拔。作者对人物内心世界的刻画入木三分,那些细微的情感波动,那些难以言说的挣扎,都被细腻地捕捉并呈现在读者面前。我尤其欣赏它在处理复杂人际关系时的那种克制而有力的笔触,没有过多的煽情,却能让人真切地感受到角色之间那种剪不断理还乱的羁绊。故事的背景设定在一个看似平静实则暗流涌动的社区,每一次邻里间的微笑背后,似乎都隐藏着不为人知的秘密。每一次情节的转折都出乎意料,但回过头细想,又觉得是角色性格发展的必然结果,这种高明的布局,实在令人拍案叫绝。读完之后,那种久久不能散去的思考余韵,让人开始审视自己生活中那些看似理所当然的“善意”。它成功地将一个关于人性的探讨融入了一个引人入胜的悬疑故事结构中,使得阅读体验不仅仅是消遣,更是一种深刻的自我对话。
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